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U.S. & Japan Calls for Emergency UN Meeting After No. Korea Nuclear Detonation (Videos X3)
6 Jan 16
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U.N. council plans emergency meeting on reported North Korea nuclear test
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council is planning to hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss North Korea’s reported test of a hydrogen bomb, the U.S. mission to the United Nations said.
Speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity, several diplomats said the meeting was scheduled to take place at 11 a.m. ET . The diplomats said the meeting would likely be held behind closed doors.
“The United States and Japan have requested emergency Security Council consultations for tomorrow morning regarding North Korea’s alleged nuclear test,” Hagar Chemali, spokeswoman for the U.S. mission, said in a statement.
“While we cannot confirm at this time that a test was carried out, we condemn any violation of UNSC (U.N. Security Council) Resolutions and again call on North Korea to abide by its international obligations and commitments,” she added.
North Korea said it had successfully conducted a test of a miniaturized hydrogen nuclear device on Wednesday morning, marking a significant advance in the isolated state’s strike capabilities and raising alarm bells in Japan and South Korea.
It was not immediately clear what action, if any, the 15-nation council was planning to take in response to the North Korean statement that it had conducted a fourth nuclear test.
Pyongyang has been under U.N. Security Council sanctions due to its nuclear weapons program since it first tested an atomic device in 2006.
One Western diplomat said that if the latest North Korean nuclear test was confirmed, council members would seek to expand existing U.N. sanctions against Pyongyang. SOURCE
North Korea carries out ‘successful’ hydrogen bomb test; ‘Man-made earthquake’ suspected after tremor
North Korea says it has conducted a “successful” hydrogen bomb test, which is believed to have caused a massive tremor that prompted evacuations as far away as China.
Key points:
- North Korea claims to have successfully carried out its first hydrogen bomb test
- Magnitude-5.1 tremor at surface depth registered near Punggye-ri nuclear testing facility at 12:30pm AEDT
- The North has previously conducted tests in 2006, 2009 and 2013 at location of latest tremor
South Korea, US and Chinese authorities have scrambled for confirmation of the test, however officials in Seoul have cast doubt on the claim it was a hydrogen bomb saying no radiation had been detected.
If confirmed, the explosion marks a major step forward in the country’s nuclear development.
The surprise test was personally ordered by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and came just two days before his birthday.
“Let the world look up to the strong, self-reliant nuclear-armed state,” Mr Kim wrote in what North Korean state television displayed as a handwritten note.
“The republic’s first hydrogen bomb test has been successfully performed … based on the strategic determination of the Workers’ Party,” a news reader announced on Wednesday. (Continued below video)
“With the perfect success of our historic H-bomb, we have joined the rank of advanced nuclear states.
“The latest test, completely based on our technology and our manpower, confirmed that our newly-developed technological resources are accurate and scientifically demonstrated the impact of our miniaturised H-bomb.”
A magnitude-5.1 tremor was earlier detected by the US Geological Survey (USGS) and South Korean officials said they suspected it was an explosion.
H-bomb or A-bomb?
Simply put, A-bombs’ nuclear fission is the process of splitting atomic nuclei, whilst H-bombs’ fusion is the process of joining them together.
In H-bombs, TNT ignites an A-bomb to detonate adjacent to a fusion fuel such as tritium, deuterium or lithium deuteride, compressing them at extreme pressures and at a very rapid rate to start a fusion reaction.
Nuclear fusion is the process that occurs in the heart of the sun, and requires immense temperatures to ignite.
Hydrogen bombs, H-bombs, thermonuclear bombs and fusion bombs can be thousands of times more powerful than atomic bombs, atom bombs, A-bombs, or fission bombs.
“We suspect a man-made earthquake, and are analysing the scale and epicentre of the quake with the geoscience and mineral resource institute of South Korea,” a Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) official said.
A revised location of the tremor by the USGS put it at the same location as previous tests in 2006, 2009 and 2013, and at surface depth.
Chinese border residents, however, were evacuated from buildings after feeling the tremors, state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) said on a verified social media account.
The areas included Yanji, Hunchun and Changbai in Jilin province, some of the counties closest to the North’s nuclear test site.
Students at a senior high school were dismissed during an examination after its recreation ground cracked, it added.
Last month, Mr Kim suggested Pyongyang had already developed a hydrogen bomb, although the claim was greeted with scepticism by international experts.
The North’s miniaturisation claims have also not been independently verified.
A hydrogen, or thermonuclear, device uses fusion in a chain reaction that results in a powerful explosion.
Unexpected test draws immediate condemnation
The nuclear test drew condemnation abroad, with China, the North’s chief ally, expressing “resolute opposition” and saying it would lodge a protest with Pyongyang.
The United Nations Security Council is planning to hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday (New York time) to discuss the test, three council diplomats have said.
It was not immediately clear what action, if any, the 15-nation council was planning to take in response to the statement.
Analysis: North Asia correspondent Matthew Carney in Beijing
The last bomb, in 2013, was about magnitude 4.9 on the Richter scale. This time, it was only 5.1.
Experts have said if this really was a true H-bomb, then you could expect up to 10 times this on the Richter scale, which obviously leads us to two conclusions.
One, the regime is actually lying about it. A couple of weeks ago, we had North Korea’s leaders saying that they would do it and that they did have the capacity, so maybe he is carrying on that threat.
Or secondly and probably more likely, it was perhaps a failure to ignite this H-bomb and start this two-stage thermonuclear process.
What they are trying to do is miniaturise the technology, to put the device on top of their inter-continental ballistic missiles, to hit the coast of America.
This is the fourth test and in 10 years, they’re really just still at the stage of a Hiroshima-style bomb that America dropped in Japan.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has called on international bodies, including the council, to provide a strong response to North Korea’s actions.
“[The] nuclear test confirms North Korea’s status as a rogue state and a continuing threat to international peace and security,” Ms Bishop’s statement said.
While vowing to stick by a no-first-use policy, North Korea said it would continue to pursue an advanced nuclear strike capability.
“As long as the vicious anti-North policy of the US persists, we will never stop development of our nuclear program,” its state television news reader said.
The White House said it could not confirm the claims of miniaturisation and a hydrogen bomb test, but added the United States would respond appropriately to provocations and defend its allies.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Japan would make a firm response to North Korea’s challenge against nuclear non-proliferation.
“North Korea’s nuclear test is a serious threat to our nation’s security and we absolutely cannot tolerate it,” Mr Abe told reporters.
“We strongly denounce it.”
South Korea’s intelligence agency said the device may not have been a hydrogen nuclear bomb, Yonhap news agency reported.
Its meteorological agency said separately that it had not detected any radiation. READ MORE
North Korea Claims it Successfully Tested a Hydrogen Bomb | ABC News
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